Wanna have some fun and lighten the mood? Look up a TikTok video of a drag queen named Erika Qwerk doing a hysterical parody of the widow Kirk’s on stage antics.
I agree, I noticed the same thing. It certainly won’t be boring, huh? I miss “boring” though. There wasn’t very much excitement during the Biden administration, and I was completely okay with that!!! “This” , what we’re going through now- is some bullshit !!
Federal judge rejects Trump administration's emergency appeal to have Don Lemon arrested. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/24/doj-trump-minnesota-don-lemon-protest-00745589 excerpt: "A federal appeals court brushed back a secretive, emergency effort by the Justice Department to revive rejected arrest warrants for Don Lemon and four other people prosecutors say committed crimes by barging into a St. Paul church last weekend. A federal magistrate judge earlier this week turned down arrest warrants for five people connected to the protesters — who disrupted a Sunday service to oppose the Trump administration’s deportation operations in Minnesota."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/24/doj-trump-minnesota-don-lemon-protest-00745589 excerpt: “There is absolutely no emergency,” Schiltz wrote.
‘Little Napoleon in an SS coat’: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino’s rise and fall Customs and Border Protection commander stood down from Trump administration’s Minneapolis operation after second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in a month Joe Sommerlad Tuesday 27 January 2026 07:20 EST Who is Greg Bovino? The viral star behind CBP’s tactics, now ditched by Trump
Trump Team Demands Right to Destroy Evidence in Alex Pretti Shooting Edith Olmsted Mon, January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM UTC Trump Team Demands Right to Destroy Evidence in Alex Pretti Shooting
It also isn't helping the GOP in state and local races. Republican candidate Chris Madel has dropped out of the race for MN governor, citing Trump's heavy-handed tactics that he calls an unmitigated disaster.. Chris Madel withdraws from MN governor race, citing Operation Metro Surge and GOP 'retribution' By FOX 9 Staff Published January 26, 2026 10:41am CST Chris Madel withdraws from MN governor race, citing Operation Metro Surge and GOP 'retribution' | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul excerpt: "I cannot support the National Republican's stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so," Madel said in the video, later arguing that national Republican actions have made it "nearly impossible" to win a statewide election in Minnesota. While Madel said he supports removing non-U.S. citizens convicted of serious crimes, he argues the operation has expanded far beyond that. "Operation Metro Surge has expanded far beyond its stated focus on true public safety threats. United States citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear. United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong," Madel said. "ICE authorized its agents to raid homes using a civil warrant that need only be signed by a border patrol agent. That's unconstitutional, and it's wrong. Weaponizing criminal investigations against political opponents is unconstitutional regardless of who is in power."
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours and quotas. https://www.aol.com/articles/morale-plummeting-among-ice-agents-153348805.html
Bannon declares war on Minnesota after Pretti killing. Steve Bannon and Co. Declare War on Minnesota After Pretti Shooting excerpt: “Let me be blunt. If you blink in Minneapolis, they’re gonna overwhelm you, and they’re gonna win. You cannot blink in Minneapolis. That is one of the festering sores of this country, and that’s where they all come together.... You have to lance the boil there,” Bannon said, calling for even more targeted militance from the federal government.
Private autopsy shows Renee Good shot 3 times, including fatal head injury excerpt: "The preliminary findings concluded the following: There were three clear gunshot wound paths to Renee’s body One gunshot wound struck the left forearm, causing soft tissue hemorrhage One gunshot wound traversed the right breast without penetrating major organs One gunshot wound entered the left side of her head near the temple and exited the right side of her head The breast and left forearm wounds were not immediately life-threatening A fourth wound was a graze wound consistent with a firearm injury, but with no penetration"
Trump and ICE Want You to Think Renee Nicole Good Deserved It | The New Republic excerpt: The staggering truth is, this was not even the first time, since ICE’s siege began in 2025, that an immigration enforcement officer shot a woman in her car and called her a bitch. In October, a Border Patrol agent named Charles Exum shot five times at a woman who had been following ICE just as Good had. (This was, according to The Trace, one of 16 incidents in which immigration enforcement officers opened fire since these sieges began in 2025, along with another 15 incidents in which they held someone at gunpoint. A Wall Street Journal investigation has found 13 incidents where ICE shot at someone in their vehicle.) The victim in October, Marimar Martinez, lived. The Department of Justice charged her with attempted murder. It claimed she had rammed her car into the immigration officers’ car. In court, however, the woman’s attorney said that the agent’s own bodycam video showed him telling her, before opening fire, “Do something, bitch.” Later, he texted a group chat involving other agents something that may have led to the charges being dropped. The Border Patrol agent boasted, “I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
Trump and ICE Want You to Think Renee Nicole Good Deserved It | The New Republic excerpt: Seconds before Jonathan Ross killed Renee Nicole Good, the veteran ICE officer turned his camera phone on her wife, recording her, before aiming the lens at Renee. He fired, shooting her in her face. Then he steadied his phone, still pointed in the direction of Renee’s silence, and said, “fucking bitch.”
Trump and ICE Want You to Think Renee Nicole Good Deserved It | The New Republic excerpt: "Misogynistic rhetoric can be so ordinary as to escape mention; The New York Times did not quote the “fucking bitch” statement in its coverage of the video, nor even describe it, as if the merging of pathetic name-calling with state violence was not notable. Denying the misogyny in the killing also reinforces its effect."
Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examiner Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained. By Colleen Duguzman Jan. 21, 2026, 6:10 P.M. Central El Paso medical examiner rules death in ICE camp a homicide